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Eliezer

A man, in the time of the Divided Monarchy · Tribe of Judah · named in 1 verse

the name means God his help Easton's Bible Dictionary

Eliezer was an ancestor of Jesus Christ.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

God his help. (1.) "Of Damascus," the "steward" (R.V., "possessor") of Abraham's house (Gen. 15:2, 3). It was probably he who headed the embassy sent by Abraham to the old home of his family in Padan-aram to seek a wife for his son Isaac. The account of this embassy is given at length in Gen. 24.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Jorim
Children Joshua

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Luke 3:29.

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Verses that name Eliezer